It’s coming down to the wire, and Chicago Cubs President Crane Kenney says a decision on whether the team will keep its spring-training facilities in Mesa or move it to Naples, Florida, will be made “in the very near future.Kenney met with lawyers and Mesa city officials this morning to…
The 1958 Chevy Impala, billed by organizers of the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction as a car that once belonged to rock ‘n’ roll legend Buddy Holly, was pulled from the auction block today over concerns about its authenticity.A few weeks ago, Barrett-Jackson was boasting that the car was bought by Holly…
One little tidbit we forgot to mention in our earlier post about Treasurer Dean Martin’s announcement that he was running for governor is who would replace him as the Republican candidate for state treasurer.The likely suspect — for now, anyways — is Senator Jim Waring.Waring is term-limited in the Senate and…
Coming off the highest-scoring game in NFL playoff history, the Cardinals are expected to have a key piece of their offense returned for Saturday’s game against the New Orleans Saints.. Anquan Boldin, the often-whiny-over-his-contract but explosive wide receiver, is expected to return to the field after suffering knee and ankle injuries that left…
As we predicted yesterday, Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin officially declared his candidacy for governor this morning at a closed electronics plant in Phoenix. Martin, who is in his first-term as treasurer and is a former state senator from Phoenix, will challenge sitting Governor Jan Brewer for the Republican nomination. Other notable Republicans possibly seeking…
Speculation that Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin would be throwing his hat in the ring for a shot at the state’s top spot has been in the air for months but tomorrow may be the day he makes his run for governor official.We got an email today from Tim Gaffney, communications…
The group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety has given Arizona highways a new, um, honor as one of the least safe highway systems in the country.In its latest rankings, the AHSF ranks Arizona 49th in the country when it comes to highway safety based on several different criteria.AHSF looked…
Victoria Aguayo was arrested, indicted, and nearly prosecuted for her “role” in the infamous “Desert Divas” prostitution ring, according to a lawsuit she’s filed in Maricopa County Superior Court.Problem is: Aguayo was not a “desert diva,” and the evidence suggesting she was is laughable.On one of the “Desert Divas'” many Web sites,…
The fallout from last October’s “Spiritual Warrior” sweat-lodge fiasco that left three people dead and dozens injured continues to play out but still with no indictment of the leader of the event, James Ray.The Yavapai County Attorney’s Office released transcripts today of interviews detectives had with participants in the event…
In case anyone’s been living on the moon for the past week, the latest scandal rocking the U.S. Senate these days involves racial comments made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and “the maverick’s” not sittin’ this one out…
Political rookie and Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker criticized Governor Jan Brewer’s State of the State address live yesterday, 140 characters at a time — and he did it 34 times in about 38 minutes. Frankly, we don’t know how he found time to listen to the speech and tweet so…
In what teacher Alex Chambers describes as actions leading to the ultimate failing grade for breaking and entering, an alleged copper thief is in critical condition after falling through the ceiling at Bret Tarver Elementary School in Phoenix. Teachers at the school found the F-getting thief unconscious on the floor in one…
Officials at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are pleading with authorities in Arizona to confiscate two giraffes that used belong to Michael Jackson but are now held at a wildlife preserve near Page. Lisa Wathne, the organization’s “captive exotic-animal specialist” sent a letter to Page Police Chief Charlie…
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl isn’t letting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (pictured above) get away with racially charged comments he made about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign.According to the recently released book Game Change, written about the 2008 presidential campaign by political reporters John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Reid…
For the second time in less than a month, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman at Florence apparently has committed suicide, according to prison officials. Or, to put it in prison-speak: he allegedly “hung it up.”Corrections officials announced today that 28-year-old Jesus Cota was pronounced dead at 3:50 p.m…
When John McCain tapped Sarah Palin as his running mate for the 2008 presidential election, he took a relatively unknown conservative governor and created what some call a monster. If you’re one of those people, you might find it interesting to know that the “monster” is teaming up with what…
If Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers left University of Phoenix Stadium in anything other than a body bag after yesterday’s 51-45 win over the surging Green Bay Packers, he probably owes it to Karlos Dansby. After the Packers clawed their way back from a 17-point deficit in the first quarter, the game was…
The Arizona Cardinals return to the playoffs on Sunday to square off against the Green Bay Packers for the second time in two weeks, and they may have to do it without wide receiver Anquan Boldin.Boldin hurt his ankle in last week’s loss to the Packers and hasn’t practiced all…
A Chandler man was arrested today for doing one of the most inexplicably stupid things we’ve ever seen: speeding down the highway with half his body out the sunroof of his car in a county renowned for its use of photo radar. He wasn’t even wearing a monkey mask, like a…
In a move that seems taken from the pages of Barack Obama’s social-media political playbook, Paradise Valley Mayor and political rookie Vernon Parker will be tweeting live criticism from Governor Brewer’s State of the State address next week.Considering Parker is looking to oust Jan as the GOP’s candidate for governor,…
National unemployment numbers for the month of December are in, and they aren’t pretty for Arizona.The numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics find that Hispanics and construction workers were the hardest hit by the sluggish economy, and in case you hadn’t noticed, Arizona happens to have both a…
A recent study published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology’s January print edition made a rather shitty discovery for soda-lovers everywhere: nearly half of all soda fountains are spraying high levels of fecal bacteria into people’s cups.Anyone familiar with the Internet phenomenon Two Girls, One Cup (which we will…
